Access to medical care and treatment is vital for a healthy community, and yet Hispanics are three times more likely to be uninsured than whites. While they are less affected by many of the leading causes of death in the US, Hispanics are at greater risk of diabetes and other chronic conditions.
Northern California health officials have clamped the operations of a second In-N-Out burger restaurant after allowing indoor dining without checking the patrons' vaccination status or a negative COVID test, defying vaccine mandates.
Republicans Rep. Nancy Mace and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci over abusive puppy experiments and gain-of-function research in a China lab.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said during an interview that there is a plan to get unvaccinated essential workers into "education and counseling" in hopes that they would feel comfortable getting vaccinated.
For the first time, surgeons in the U.S. transplanted a pig's kidney into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the patient's immune system.
Colorado teachers are accused of taping face masks to middle school students' faces after a sixth-grader sent a selfie to her mother with a mask taped to her face using a blue painter's tape.
Brazil's Senate panel has concluded that President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty of both genocide and old mass murder due to his administration's COVID response.
The "Cocaine Hippos" by drug lord Pablo Escobar are now being sterilized by Colombia's wildlife services after the 80-strong herd presented a potential danger not only to the country's environment but also to its people
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had predicted that there will be a huge decline in COVID cases, deaths, and hospitalizations in the coming weeks.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, has reportedly misled the Trump administration on gain-of-function research in a lab in Wuhan, China.
The Food and Drug Administration panel of advisors had voted unanimously to recommend a booster shot for seniors and adults with other health problems.
